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CHAPTER TWENTY -ONE

Author: Guddi pen
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-29 20:05:12

ARIA

I stayed on the floor longer than I meant to. My back hurt from leaning against the door, and my eyes burned from crying. The house was quiet except for the faint hum of the refrigerator downstairs and the occasional drip of water from the leaking pipe outside my window.

When I finally pushed myself up, my legs felt numb. My body was cold from the rain that had soaked through my clothes hours ago. Everything felt heavy — my limbs, my head, even the air.

I switched on my lamp. The soft yellow glow made my room feel smaller. My wet uniform clung to my skin, sticky and uncomfortable. I stripped it off quickly, shivering as the fabric peeled away, and grabbed my towel.

I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror on my wardrobe door.

For a second, I almost didn’t recognize the girl staring back. Her hair was a mess, eyes red and puffy, face pale. There was a faint mark on her cheek — maybe from Cassie’s ring, maybe from falling. Her expression was blank, empty in a way that scared me m
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  • SWIPE RIGHT FOR THE ALPHA    CHAPTER FORTY FIVE

    ---ADRIANBy the time we stopped, the hallway was almost empty. The noise of students faded into a distant murmur, replaced by the low hum of the fluorescent lights above us. Cassie turned to face me slowly, her expression unreadable, but I could feel the shift immediately—the air growing heavier, tighter. Every movement she made seemed deliberate, calculated, designed to unsettle me.“So,” she said softly. Too softly. “You finally decided to listen.”I swallowed. My throat felt dry, as if someone had wrapped it in a tight cloth. “You said you wanted to talk,” I managed, my voice barely above a whisper.“Yes.” Her eyes flicked over my face, sharp and calculating. “I’ve been watching you lately, Adrian.”That alone made my chest tighten. My heart thudded painfully, like a drum warning of danger.“You and Aria,” she continued, folding her arms across her chest. “Always together. Studying. Talking. Laughing.” Her lips curved, but there was no warmth in it. “You didn’t waste any time rep

  • SWIPE RIGHT FOR THE ALPHA    CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

    ADRIANI headed to the staff office to meet the history teacher after speaking with Aria, my steps feeling heavier with every step down the hallway. My chest felt tight, like someone had wrapped an invisible band around it. I kept replaying the test results in my head. Forty-eight percent. Forty-eight. That single number had been burned into my mind all day, a reminder that no matter how much I tried, it still wasn’t enough.As I stepped into the office, I immediately saw Mr. Harper, completely absorbed in a book. He didn’t even glance up as I walked past the other staff members. I forced myself to take a deep breath and greeted everyone anyway, my voice barely steady. “Good afternoon,” I said, the words sounding hollow even to my own ears.I made my way toward his desk, trying to look confident even though inside I felt a storm of anxiety. “Sir… you asked for—” I began, and he raised his head slowly, fixing me with a sharp, assessing look. The way his eyes narrowed made my stomach tw

  • SWIPE RIGHT FOR THE ALPHA    CHAPTER FORTY - THREE

    ARIA I headed to the library. Glowing eyes or not, after what happened in class, I needed a break. My chest still felt tight, my thoughts racing faster than I could control. Adrian’s words echoed over and over: “I’ll come to your house for tutoring.” My house. I and Adrian having tutoring lessons. Was he insane? Did he even realize what he’d just said? My mind refused to stop replaying it, twisting the memory until I felt like my head might split in half. I shoved my hands into my pockets, trying to act normal, but my legs felt heavy, uncooperative, like I was walking through water. I needed a break, and where would I even go if not my favorite spot at school? That library was the only place that didn’t make me feel like the walls were closing in. Every other corner of the school felt too loud, too crowded, too full of eyes and whispers I didn’t want to answer. But in the library, I could at least pretend I belonged somewhere. I could pretend the chaos didn’t exist for a few minu

  • SWIPE RIGHT FOR THE ALPHA    CHAPTER FORTY - TWO

    JENNA After Aria left, the classroom felt like it had been split open—like someone had taken the air, wrung it out, and left the rest of us drowning in whatever tension she dropped behind. The door had barely clicked shut before Miss Morrigan’s voice sliced through the whispers. “Silence. All of you.” Instant. Cold. Final. The room froze, but my heart didn’t. It hammered so hard I could feel it in my throat. My eyes stayed glued to that door, half-expecting Aria to stumble back in, pale, shaky, muttering that she was fine. Except she didn’t. She didn’t come back. I lifted my hand, pushing past the lump in my chest. “Miss Morrigan—can I—” “No, Jenna. Sit.” Just like that. No hesitation. No space for discussion. I let my hand fall slowly, my fingers curling into my palm. Frustration burned hot under my skin, but the worry… the worry was worse. It felt like something was squeezing my lungs, making it hard to breathe. Aria never walked out of class like that. Not without a reaso

  • SWIPE RIGHT FOR THE ALPHA    CHAPTER FORTY- ONE

    ARIA I could still feel my heartbeat hammering in my ears, loud enough to drown out everything else. Adrian standing there didn’t make it easier. The hallway felt like it had shrunk, and it was just him, me, and my own racing thoughts. My legs wanted to run, but they didn’t. My hands gripped my bag like it could hold me together, like it could stop me from shaking. My chest felt heavy and tight, and every shallow breath burned like fire in my lungs. Every nerve in my body screamed at me to move, to run, to disappear. But there I was, rooted to the floor, caught in the strange, magnetic tension of his presence. Part of me wanted to look away, to close my eyes, to pretend this moment wasn’t happening. And part of me—an infuriatingly stubborn part—couldn’t. I couldn’t. I wouldn’t. “Bookie,” he said again, calm, measured. His voice carried that weight—the kind that makes you feel like he sees everything inside you, even the parts you’re desperate to hide. My stomach twisted. My

  • SWIPE RIGHT FOR THE ALPHA    CHAPTER FORTY

    ARIAMy pulse pounded so loudly in my ears that I could barely hear anything else. The whispers crawling around the classroom blurred together, pressing in on me like the walls themselves were leaning closer.And those words—I could still feel them leaving my mouth. Glowing eyes. How had I even said that? How had I let it slip out? I knew the second it escaped me that it was a mistake, but it was too late. Cassie had pushed me, and now I was paying for it.All the warnings I’d ever gotten about imagining things, about speaking out of turn, slammed into my mind at once. I felt like I was twisting inside myself, exposed, completely visible to everyone. A specimen under a microscope I hadn’t agreed to be part of.My stomach knotted painfully. A hollow ache spread through my chest. The laughter started low, hesitant, like it might vanish—but it didn’t. It grew, spreading across desks, curling around the room until it consumed everything.“Seriously? Glowing?” someone muttered, disbelief d

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